clicking on a link in matlab browser without using the mouse

assume the following code

 url = 'http://www.google.com';
>> web(url)

How can I access the gmail link in that website without using the mouse. Is there a away in matlab?

Answer 1

[Geoff Hayes]

AA - please clarify why you want to do this. Why not go directly to the gmail link and bypass the above?

I suppose that you could read the URL content and look for the link that you are interested in, namely the one for Gmail, which will be of the format

 <a class=gb1 href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=wm">Gmail</a>

The code to extract the URL for Gmail would then be

 url = 'http://www.google.com';
 urlContent = urlread(url);
 gmailIdx = regexpi(urlContent,'Gmail');
 hrefIdx = regexpi(urlContent(1:gmailIdx),'href=');
 gmailURL = urlContent(hrefIdx(end)+6:gmailIdx-3);
 web(gmailURL);

Of course, the big assumption is that the format for the Gmail link is described as above.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

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